The UK is set to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), an expansive free trade area of 11 countries spanning the Indo-Pacific. The new agreement follows… read more →

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will mobilise more than €1.1 billion in financing through direct investments or financial intermediaries to help the European Union (EU) countries where… read more →

Today, the World Trade Board, pioneered by Finastra, has launched the “Financial Inclusion in Trade” roadmap for MSMEs and asks for industry feedback and collaboration. The Financial Inclusion in Trade… read more →

After COVID-19, the commodity trade finance industry experienced a period of great recovery. Trade finance covers a broad range of financing arrangements for the production, exporting and selling of commodities. 

Dutch lender ING on Tuesday said it had toughened its lending policy to the oil and gas sector, restricting finance to clients engaged in commodity or trade finance and “midstream”… read more →

TradeMark Africa (TMA), Tony Blair Institute (TBI), and Trade Catalyst, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), to closely collaborate in trade facilitation and trade finance in order to grow… read more →

Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masatsugu Asakawa and India Prime Minister Narendra Modi met today to discuss the country’s development priorities. Mr. Asakawa conveyed ADB’s intention to provide $20 billion–$25… read more →

To support export and import-based businesses to cope with global uncertainties brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, IFC is providing $50 million to Prime Bank Limited in Bangladesh.   This IFC… read more →

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Nhava Sheva Freeport Terminal Private Limited (NSFTPL) signed a $131 million loan to upgrade the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Container Terminal located in Navi Mumbai… read more →

Your Monday morning coffee briefing from TFG: Shifting the mindset towards innovation in ports